Canadian freestyle skier Megan Oldham won her first gold medal of the World Cup season Thursday at a big air competition in Aspen. Oldham, from Parry Sound, Ont., finished on top with a score of 183.75 points. Flora Tabanelli of Italy (175.25 points) was second and Anni Karava of Finland (157.5) was third. Oldham has…
With just one week left until Canada’s tax “holiday” ends, new data suggests it may have had little impact in its first month. Moneris looked into spending patterns between Dec. 14, 2024, when the tax “holiday” began and Jan. 15. Comparing the data to the same period in 2023-24, the payment processing firm found no…
A trio of Manitoba sisters are off to the 35th annual World Championship Hoop Dance Contest in Phoenix, Ariz., this month. Kimberly, 17, Charisma, 15, and Nakiyah Mason, 8, will dance at the Heard Museum in Phoenix as part of the world championships, where more than 100 dancers from different corners of Turtle Island will…
Canadian freeride skier Justine Dufour-Lapointe couldn’t have asked for a better start to the 2025 FIS Freeride World Tour campaign. After missing last year’s competition due to personal reasons, the 2023 women’s ski champion made a strong return, opening the season with a first-place finish in Baqueira Beret, Spain last month. Last week, the Montreal…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A woman from Ontario is $20 million richer after winning the Lotto Max jackpot from Dec. 20, 2024, draw. Anna Pelka, who works in the health-care industry, said she has been playing the lottery for the past seven years, often purchasing different OLG tickets. She never expected…
Canadian doctors are leading a group of international medical experts who believe that Britain’s most prolific child killer of modern times may have been wrongly convicted. Lucy Letby, the former neonatal nurse, was found guilty in two trials, in 2023 and 2024, of murdering seven premature infants and attempting to murder seven others. The deaths…
There would be plenty of reason for the Canadian luge team to be feeling the heat right now. The world championships begin Thursday at home in Whistler, B.C., — a day that just so happens to also mark one year out from the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. Yet the prevailing sense around the young squad…
For Saskatchewan artist Shawn Cuthand, uplifting Indigenous voices is a calling. Cuthand is a nehiyaw (Cree) and Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) writer, comedian, producer, actor and director. This week he begins his time as the University of Saskatchewan’s Indigenous storyteller-in-residence. “I would just like to encourage students that if they want to get into the entertainment business…
You might have whiplash if you’ve been following the trade war this week. After weeks of threats, U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday he was officially slapping a 25 per cent tariff on virtually all Canadian goods and a 10 per cent tariff on Canadian energy. In retaliation, Canada said it would start by applying a 25 per cent…
Olympic sprinting champion Noah Lyles knows who he wants to race next: Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill. The 100-metre gold medallist at the Paris Games last summer celebrated his victory in the 60 at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston on Sunday by pulling the bib off his back and showing the message…
